Good morning: Messer speaks to Cookeville Breakfast Rotary

Aug 24, 2010

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Tech women's basketball head
coach Sytia Messer was the guest speaker Tuesday morning at the
Cookeville Breakfast Rotary Club. The second-year head coach
provided insight into the upcoming basketball season including a
look at the players who will fill the roster.

Speaking to a group of approximately 75 at the Cookeville Golf
Club, Messer talked about her returning players and also
highlighted the incoming class, the top-ranked recruiting class in
the Ohio Valley Conference.

“I had a wonderful time this morning at the Cookeville Golf
Club, and enjoyed a great breakfast with the Cookeville Rotary
Club," Messer said afterward. "I was blessed to be around so many
great people who support Tennessee Tech women’s basketball.
I admire what they stand for in the community and was
extremely honored to be a guest at their meeting this
morning.”

The Cookeville Breakfast Rotary is one of 33,000 worldwide with
more than 1.2 million members in over 200 countries. The clubs
motto is “Service Above Self” and the main objective of
the Club is service in the community, in the workplace and
throughout the world.

In similar fashion, Messer's team is involved in numerous
community service projects each year and does a variety of outreach
activities that put her players into the community in such roles
asworking with Habitat for Humanity and volunteer reading days in
local schools.

Messer heads into her second season as head coach of the Golden
Eagles in 2010-11. Last year she guided Tech to a 14-15 regular
season record and a tie for fourth place in the OVC.